Indian River Academy

06/03/2025

We’re thrilled to present a beautiful handcrafted basket for our art show packed with cozy, creative treasures all donated by talented local artists!

✨ Every $5 donation gets you a chance to win this basket featuring:

🧵 Whale Coast Quilter’s Guild:
Halloween table runner, quilted mug mats, purse, tote & lunch bags, oven mitt set, scarf, hot mats, dish towels, coasters, and more!

🧶 Knitted goods: Slippers, dishcloths, hanging towels, and a cozy pudding bag.

🍯 Local favorites: Honey from Janis & Troy Coombs, a handcrafted honey pot from Brent Ryan, and marmalade from Val Short.

🎁 More handmade gifts:
• Kit Bartlett – Slippers + dishcloths
• Sandra Newman – Quilted casserole carrier
• Jill Wiseman – Earrings
• Judy Pelley – Woven kitchen set

❤️ This is a true showcase of our communities talent— and it could be yours! Enter by donating $5 per entry at our art show on Thursday June 5th.

05/29/2025

IRA presents our first 🎨 ART SHOW! 🖼️

Thursday, June 5th from 11am - 2pm!

Open to the public! We welcome our communities, parents, family members and art enthusiasts to our school to see the fantastic work of our budding artists.

What to expect:
At the show, you will be ✨WOWED ✨ by the art on display at the gallery!

There will be work to bid on in a silent auction and a small store to shop and purchase some creative items!

You won’t want to miss this!!!

Entry by donation - each $5 donation will get yourself entered to win a fantastic basket of items from local artisans.

All proceeds will go to our school art program!

❗️❗️Please Share!❗️❗️

03/12/2024

‼️❤️🖤💛‼️

With the theme of "Planting Positivity" for this year's Education week, Indian River Academy will be doing TWO initiatives to donate to the Ronald McDonald House to show kindness to others in need.

♥️ First - We will be collecting can pull tabs. We are going to make it a friendly competition and each class will receive a jar that they will aim to fill by next Thursday. Which pull tabs? We will happily accept donations of aluminum tabs from beverage cans, fish and meat tins, soups, and cat and dog food tins.

💛 Second - We will be asking families to choose one item (or more!) from the list below to donate. Here are items that are listed on the RMH's wishlist that they are currently needing.
The list includes:
Quilts – Lap Size,
Toothbrushes
Toothpaste
Shampoo
Conditioner
Shower gel
Bar soap
Books for all ages – Newborn – teen
Travel size hand Sanitizer
Travel Activity Kits
Puzzle books
Travel games
Small toys for all ages.

💚 All donations can be brought to the school and we will be collecting until Thursday, March 21!

We thank you for your support to hopefully make this a positive and successful initiative from our school community!

03/11/2024

‼️ SAVE YOUR CAN TABS ‼️

For Education week, we will be collecting Can Tabs to donate to the Ronald MacDonald house on behalf of our students and staff!

Families can collect them over the next 2 weeks and then bring them to donate. Which pull tabs?
We will be happy to accept donations of aluminum tabs from beverage cans, fish and meat tins, soups, and cat and dog food tins.

We will be collecting tabs UNTIL Thursday, March 21!

We will also be collecting items that they need to donate - we will create a list and let families know. We look forward to your support in helping our children to “Plant Positivity” by donating to this very worthy cause! ❤️🌿

10/18/2022

What a day! Thank you to all of our happy shoppers who made our book fair so fun today!!

Tomorrow is our FINAL full day!
🟢 Students get to visit for the final time with their classes!
🟠 We are open from 3-4pm and again from 6-8pm!
🔴 Students who purchase during the school day get their name in for a book of their choosing and if you visit in the family times, you can be entered to win $25 for yourself and $25 for your classroom!

We are JUST OVER HALFWAY to our goal! And if we meet it, Mrs. Shave is getting covered in silly string… Happy Shopping!

10/17/2022

🔴Can’t make it to the fair??

🟠Want to share the link with your family members?

🟢Interested in doing some secret Christmas shopping?

✨Shop the VIRTUAL Book Fair! ✨

https://virtualbookfairs.scholastic.ca/pages/5171615

All items go towards our Book Fair total and items will be shipped to the school for free!

Come explore our Virtual Book Fair, and choose from hundreds of titles to find your next favourite book! Adventure, intrigue, and inspiration are waiting for you!

10/16/2022

✨ Our Book Fair begins TOMORROW!✨

Tomorrow we are open for students and classes during the school day and for families / shoppers from 3-4pm!

Happy shopping!

10/13/2022

✨SEE YOU NEXT WEEK AT THE BOOK FAIR! ✨

Our Fall Book fair is running in the IRA library from Monday, October 17 - Wednesday October 19th!

💜 We will be open during the school day for students and parents/families/ book lovers from 3-4 PM!
💚 There will be TWO evening events with prizes and a chance to win $25 worth of free books!! We will be open from 6-8 on TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY evenings!
💛 Spread the word and the love of books by visiting our fair!

We can’t wait to see you!

✨Please Share!

03/31/2022

Help support our Breakfast Program!

Today is our province wide Breakfast Blitz, proudly supported by Hebron. Every $1 raised is a breakfast for a child! Support your local Kids Eat Smart Breakfast Club.

Donate today at www.kidseatsmart.ca

Newfoundland and Labrador Teachers' Association

11/03/2020

🎉📚💻 OUR BOOK FAIR IS NOW OPEN! 💻🎉📚

➡️➡️ https://bookfairs-canada.myshopify.com/pages/5151155. ⬅️⬅️

You can shop from anywhere in Canada, it will ship right to your home AND each order will help earn rewards for our students and school!

SHARE WITH YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS! ❤️📖
Happy Shopping 🛍 📚📖